Chapter 21

Chapter 21 What Exactly Happened Last Night

As Collin's lips hovered mere inches from Linsey's, his fingers clenched the bedsheets with an intensity that betrayed his inner turmoil.

He inhaled sharply, a desperate attempt to gather his waning self-control, and abruptly sat up.

Linsey, still lost in the depths of her dreams, shifted slightly in response. Her hands, which had been resting on Collin's arm, fell away as she turned to her other side in a soft rustle of sheets.

Collin seized this moment to gently disengage his hand and perched silently on the bed's edge, his breaths quick and

uneven.

The air was thick with her unique perfume, a seductive blend that tugged at his resolve like a siren's song.

Collin wrestled with his self-discipline, which seemed to crumble in her mere presence.

Was her allure so profound?

He had no idea what was happening, but staying wasn't an option. He had to go before he lost himself.

He had to go, and he had to go now.

left the room swiftly, leaving Linsey in her serene slumber, oblivious to the emotional

in the sanctuary of his own room, he strode into the bathroom. The shower's cold blast was immediate, the water cascading over him, a chilling torrent meant to quench the fire that her

a hand through his drenched hair, his eyelids falling shut

fleeting seconds that followed, Linsey's radiant smile surfaced in his mind, her rosy lips

eyes flew open, shock and disbelief painting his

head, he noticed that he was erect, which deepened

he devolving into some

the eerie solitude of his ragged breaths piercing

shrill ring of her phone

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threatened to lure her back to the comfort of

her phone, her fingers brushing against the screen to silence the alarm that blared "First

at work."

upright, her mind snapping

reminder of the orientation she

temple, struggling to piece together her hazy return

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